| 03.17.09
- On day two of their spring break trip, the Foresters put three more
in the win column with a 9-1 victory over Mayville State, an 8-0
shutout against Trinity Christian and a 3-2 win in eight innings over
Missouri Valley. Ashley Scally
got a lot of run support to go along with her two-hit performance on
the mound to give HU it's first win of the day. Scally allowed
the Comets just one run on the two hits and three walks while striking
out eight.
The Foresters out-hit Mayville State
14-2 with Brandi Gower banging out three hits and driving in two runs
to lead HU. Megan Smith also went 3-4 at the plate and had one
RBI in the contest.
The second game of the day was a
rematch with Trinity Christian. The Foresters got a similar
result shutting out the Trolls 8-0. Freshman pitcher, Molly
Long, recorded the first shutout and first win of her collegiate
career. She gave up four hits and walked two while striking out
13 hitters.
Kristi Purvis led the Foresters at the
plate with two hits and three RBI.
HU's final game of the day required an
extra inning to decide a winner. After four scoreless innings,
the Foresters took the lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the
fifth. Missouri Valley knotted the score with two runs of its
own in the top of the seventh.
HU went down in order in the bottom of
the seventh and Lauren Ward struck out the side in the top of the
eighth. With Jeanine Vaszari on second in the bottom of the
frame, Brittney Bateman laid down a sacrifice bunt to move her to
third and Brittany Gower singled to drive in the winning run.
Ward got the complete game win for the
Foresters giving up two runs on two hits and one free pass while
striking out eight. Vaszari put together a 3-4 performance at
the plate and added a RBI. |
